Death toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 11
A landslide on Indonesia’s Java island has killed at least 11 people, an official said Saturday, updating a previous tally as rescuers scrambled to find 12 others who are still missing. The landslide, caused by heavy rainfall, hit three villages in Central Java province on Thursday, burying some houses and damaging others. “As of Saturday afternoon, the number of victims who were found...
India, Pakistan probe capital blasts as blame game intensifies
India and Pakistan have launched parallel investigations after deadly blasts struck their capitals this week, triggering a sharp diplomatic exchange between the nuclear-armed neighbours. In New Delhi, a car exploded near the Red Fort on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, according to Indian authorities. Police registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)...
Israel razes over 1,500 Gaza buildings since ceasefire
Israel has demolished more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that remain under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas took effect on 10 October, according to a BBC Verify analysis of satellite imagery. The review found entire neighbourhoods flattened in less than a month—mainly in southern and eastern Gaza—apparently through systematic demolitions. Satellite images, the latest...
US airlines cancel 1,200 flights Tuesday as shutdown continues
Airlines canceled 1,200 flights on Tuesday as air traffic control staffing improved significantly ahead of an expected end to a record-setting government shutdown as soon as Wednesday. After airlines canceled 2,400 flights and delayed 9,600 on Monday, airlines delayed just 1,700 on Tuesday, the best performance for the industry in recent days. Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration...
Kolkata on high alert after deadly Delhi car blast
Authorities in Kolkata have tightened security across the city after a powerful car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort shook the capital’s crowded old quarter on Monday evening (November 10). Initial reports put the death toll at eight; by Tuesday (November 11) several Indian outlets said it had risen to 12, with more than two dozen injured. Police have registered a case under...
Indian capital car blast kills at least eight
A car explosion in the bustling heart of the Indian capital on Monday killed at least eight people and injured another 19, officials said. Police have not given details on the cause, but said that forensic and anti-terrorism agencies were at the site, near the landmark Red Fort. The blast took place in the early evening as people returned from work, close to a metro station in the crowded...
Super typhoon slams Philippines, Luzon braced next
Typhoon Fung-Wong (locally “Uwan”) intensified to super typhoon status on Sunday, battering the eastern Bicol region with “life-threatening” winds and rain as it moved toward Luzon, the country’s most populous island, by Sunday night. State forecaster Pagasa said Fung-Wong was packing sustained winds near 185 km/h (with higher gusts) and would likely remain a typhoon as it crosses...
Syria’s Sharaa arrives in Washington for Trump talks
Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa arrived in Washington on Saturday, two days after the United States formally revoked his designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. He is due to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, 11 months after his rebel alliance toppled Bashar al-Assad. Hours before his arrival, Syrian authorities said security services detained 71...
Syria’s Sharaa arrives in Washington for Trump talks
Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa arrived in Washington on Saturday, two days after the United States formally revoked his designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. He is due to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, 11 months after his rebel alliance toppled Bashar al-Assad. Hours before his arrival, Syrian authorities said security services detained 71 suspected...
Over 1,400 US flights cancelled as FAA cuts enter day two
More than 1,400 flights to, from or within the United States were cancelled on Saturday, with nearly 6,000 delayed, as the Federal Aviation Administration’s capacity reductions—imposed during the federal shutdown—entered a second day. The FAA is reducing air traffic by up to 10% at 40 major airports to alleviate controller fatigue, with phased cuts increasing from 4% on Friday to 6% by...
US drops ‘terror’ sanctions on Syria’s president Ahmed al-Sharaa
The United States has removed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa from a global terrorist sanctions list, clearing the way for his White House talks with President Donald Trump next week. The Treasury action on Friday (November 7) followed a United Nations Security Council move a day earlier to lift largely symbolic UN sanctions on al-Sharaa and Syria’s interior minister, Anas Hasan Khattab....
N Korea warns of ‘offensive action’ over US carrier visit
North Korea’s defence minister No Kwang Chol warned of “more offensive action” after a United States aircraft carrier strike group arrived at Busan, as Washington and Seoul pledged closer military cooperatio The statement followed a suspected short-range ballistic missile launch into the sea off the North’s east coast on Friday, a day after the US announced new sanctions on eight North...
DNA pioneer James Watson no more
Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James D. Watson, who with Francis Crick identified DNA’s double-helix structure in 1953, has died aged 97. Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Maurice Wilkins, work that paved the way for modern molecular biology. Their model drew on X-ray diffraction images produced at King’s College London by Rosalind...
Over 1,200 US flights cancelled amid government paralysis
More than 1,200 flights were cancelled across the United States on Friday (Nov 7) after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers working without pay amid a federal government shutdown. Forty airports were slated for the cuts, including major hubs in Atlanta, Newark, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. With Republicans and Democrats in a...
Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Netanyahu
Turkey announced Friday that it had issued arrest warrants for genocide against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials in his government over the war in Gaza. The announcement was met with a firm rebuttal from Israel. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel "firmly rejects, with contempt" the charges, calling them "the latest PR stunt by the tyrant (Turkish President...
Five Indian nationals kidnapped in Mali
Gunmen have kidnapped five Indian nationals in Mali, their company and a security source said Friday, as the west African country reels from mounting unrest and militant violence. The workers were kidnapped Thursday by gunmen near Kobri, in western Mali, the security source told AFP on condition of anonymity, saying they were employed by a company that is working on electrification projects....
EU restricts visas for Russian nationals over Ukraine war
The European Union on Friday said it would deny Russians multi-entry visas as security fears rise nearly four years into the war on Ukraine. “Starting a war and expecting to move freely in Europe is hard to justify,” EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X. “The EU is tightening visa rules for Russian nationals amid continued drone disruptions and sabotage on European soil.”...
Indonesian mosque explosion injures 54 people
An explosion at a mosque inside a school in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, during Friday prayers injured 54 people, the city's police chief Asep Edi Suheri said. The blast occurred around noon on Friday in the mosque, which is located within a Navy compound in North Jakarta. Police said the cause of the incident is still under investigation. Witnesses said the explosion came from the...
Philippines declares state of calamity as typhoon toll hits 114
The Philippines has declared a national state of calamity after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead, with another 127 missing and 82 injured, as floods submerged whole towns in Cebu province and elsewhere. Officials said 71 deaths were recorded on Cebu, the country’s most populous island in the Visayas, with provincial authorities reporting a further 28 fatalities not yet...